I agree with the honorable Rep. West except I would limit the punishment to that befitting a lapse in judgement. I would not find fault with the soldiers for their actions, only for their lack of discretion in filming it and making it public or allowing it to go public.

An opponent merits exactly as much respect and consideration as they grant us. Radical Islam has repeatedly shown they have absolutely zero respect not only for us, but for the very laws and religious tenets they claim to hold dear. Therefore according them zero respect is justified in my book.

I would happily purchase the libation of their choice for our soldiers to pour on the enemy dead - suitably strained through their kidneys...

I wonder if this event occurred shortly after the Blackwater atrocity, or at an unrelated time. Of course Taliban types have committed plenty of atrocities of their own like the Taliban husband who cut off his teenage wife’s nose because she was disobedient.

As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.

Amen. One of the most ridiculous and nonsensical "scandals" in recent memory. Hypocrisy abounds, and apparently pissing on dead bodies is now infinitely worse than killing people in the first place - even when we agree that they deserve it and that it's what war is all about.

Thank God someone with a podium stood up and spoke the truth. Kudos Lt.Col. West!

As I said on a prior thread RE: the Taliban and the ‘armchair quarterbacks here...
Everything he (terrorists) represents is evil. Everything he fights, oppresses and kills for is evil. You accept evil or deny it.
If a demon from the pit of hell rose up and was urinated on by a US Marine, I would fail to see the difference. Nor would I be disappointed.

Thank God someone with a podium stood up and spoke the truth. Kudos Lt.Col. West!

As I said on a prior thread RE: the Taliban and the ‘armchair quarterbacks here...
Everything he (terrorists) represents is evil. Everything he fights, oppresses and kills for is evil. You accept evil or deny it.
If a demon from the pit of hell rose up and was urinated on by a US Marine, I would fail to see the difference. Nor would I be disappointed.